Community Briefs: Tailgate Market finishes fall run

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Oct 19, 2012 at 7:38 AM

Tailgate Market finishes fall runThe Flat Rock Tailgate Market's last day will be from 3-6 p.m. Thursday. The market is behind Little Rainbow Row along Highway 225 in Flat Rock, just south of the Flat Rock Playhouse.Celebrate fall and purchase the year's final bounties. Vendors will join in the spirit with free samples, costumes and special offerings of the season. Along with the usual produce, there will be pastries and other baked goods, seafood, eggs, jams, lamb, chicken, herbal products and a variety of cheeses. For more information, call 828-697-7719.

Former Gallaudet president to talkFormer Gallaudet University President Emeritus I. King Jordan will speak at UNC Asheville at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Highsmith University Union about "The Deaf Community at a Crossroads."Jordan will also speak to smaller groups of students during his visit as part of the university's first Disability Awareness Week. It took continual protests by students at Gallaudet, the world's only university for students who are deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind, to force the appointment of a deaf university president. Jordan served at Gallaudet from 1988 until 2006. Since leaving Gallaudet, Jordan has continued to challenge society to examine attitudes toward people with disabilities and to open minds, hearts and workplaces to them, according to a news release.For more information, call 828-251-6674; visit cesap.unca.edu.

Great Quotes to feature EmonThe Great Quotes Program will continue from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. The speaker will be Dr. Donald Emon, and the quote is "Why We Are the Way We Are," based on the relatively new science of evolutionary psychology. This presentation will provide a clear model to allow you to understand why you are the way you are. A $5 donation is requested, and all collected money goes to a general scholarship at Mars Hill College.For more information, call 828-685-9995; email d.emon99@hotmail.com.

Ginseng Expo set for Dec. 7-8The International American Ginseng Expo will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 8 at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River.There are challenges to the ginseng industry in North Carolina, involving over-collection, professional practices in the ginseng farming sector, and the economic "value-added" domestic and international export market.The event will bring together federal, state and regional experts to discuss ginseng's future. Registration is required. Call 828-289-0122 or email cjedwards234@gmail.com.Compiled from staff reports

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